In the wake of Ben Sherwood being elevated to President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Paul Lee has inked a new a multi-year deal to remain president of ABC Entertainment Group. Lee will continue to head ABC network’s entertainment operations, ABC studios, and entertainment programming for ABC daytime and Disney syndication.
In an interview with U.K’s Radio Times magazine, Ricky Gervais revealed that his comic creation David Brent, the boss on the BBC sitcom The Office, is a subject of interest from the BBC and Netflix for a small screen return. Gervais noted that both have expressed interest in working out a spinoff.
Carol Burnett will guest star in the season finale of Hallmark Channel’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, as the grandmother of one of the mail detectives. Burnett did a special guest turn on a 1997 episode of Touched By an Angel, also produced by Signed’s Martha Williamson. Hallmark series premiere is Sunday, April 20 at 8p.
It’s a date, probably: Discovery Channel announced Sunday, May 11 – weather permitting – as the day climber Joby Ogwyn will take the plunge from Mount Everest wearing a wing suit equipped with cameras. NBC News’ Willie Geist hosts two-hour Everest Jump Live, from Peacock Productions.
The Asylum is asking Sharknado fans to dig into their wallets to help finance bonus footage for its sequel to the social media smash. Partnering with crowd-funding platform Indiegogo, the production company aims to raise $50,000 by May 30, to give a chainsaws-and-sharks scene on Sharknado 2: The Second One “the treatment it deserves.” Incentives […]
Discovery will air five nights of live late-night programs leading into its Everest Jump Live global event, which features Joby Ogwyn taking the massive leap. Everest: Live from Base Camp launches Monday, May 5 at 11p, offering updates, info and “a chance to see what it’s like to actually be at Everest Base Camp – […]
Stephen Colbert will take the Late Show crown from David Letterman when the late-night host retires next year. “Stephen is a multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian who blazes a trail of thought-provoking conversation, humor and innovation with everything he touches,” said chairman, CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler. “He is a presence on […]
Jane Pauley is joining CBS News‘ Sunday Morning as a contributor. “We’re really, really happy to have you,” said Face the Nation‘s Bob Schieffer, a panelist with Pauley at a Texas Christian University symposium on Wednesday. Pauley, who spent 13 years as co-anchor of NBC‘s Today and was a co-host on Dateline, said since she […]
FX Networks CEO John Landgraf called foul on HBO entering True Detective in the drama series Emmy category rather than as a mini-series. The day of the FX Upfront, Landgraf laid the blame on a “freewheeling and ambiguous situation,” with shows like FX anthology series American Horror Story and True Detective defined as having “dual […]
BBC America teased fans with the release of four Orphan Black posters it says offer insight into season two of the conspiracy thriller, premiering Saturday, April 19 at 9p.
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